Spring Break

Hope everyone has enjoyed their week of spring break. Sorry I haven't posted anything this last week. My family had to make an emergency trip to Florida when my uncle passed away a week ago last Monday. We thank the Lord he is with Him now even though it's been a tough week for his son and my mom. Thank you for all your prayers.

There are several deals this week if you felt like shopping and getting out in the sunshine!

Bi Lo has lots of B1G1 deals - to see them all check out SOUTHERNSAVERS

CVS - if your kids like the Chipmunks then CVS was the place to get it this week (the squekuel that is). I got it and about $22 of other P&G products for about $8 oop. I did use $10 in ECB which I consider freebies from the two bayer meter deals in the past weeks.

Walgreens - erasable pens and highlighters by pilot are on sale and with the in ad cpn are only $0.19 but it gets better. On the back of some pens they have a mail in rebate for buying 1, 2, or 3. When I took Angel to meet Greg is SC the other day so she could go to grandmas I couldn't pass Walgreens up. I was able to get several deals and will get $9 back in rebates for a profit of over $5. Love when I get paid to shop!!

RiteAid - I haven't even been in the store this week to the shock of most cashiers I'm sure. Last week was the best deal on Lysol hand soap dispenser. I was able to get 3 and then had to go to Florida and where I was at there were no RiteAids :(

Food Lion - I don't think I have been in a Food Lion since I moved to Georgia over 12 yrs ago. There is one in Blue Ridge and I happened to be going over there yesterday and spotted a deal on RefundCents.com . Buy 4 boxes of Special K cereal ($2.50 ea.) = $10 - $5 instant savings then get a FREE MILK UP TO $4 catalina at the register. The granola was not part of the deal that I saw but for 4 boxes of cereal (my favorite strawberry kind) and gallon of milk for $5 that's not bad.

PopTarts Promo

Received an email today from Kellogg's Poptart Sprinklins newletter. It states:

PopTarts flavor card - collect 5 different flavor codes and submit them online to earn movie tickets, music downloads, and free Poptarts pastries. Soon to be on grocery store shelves.

If you want to join go to PopTarts for all the details!

Bi-Lo 3/24 - 3/30

Blah ! Blah! Blah!
That about sums it up!!

Okay I think I found two deals:

Keebler Fudge Shoppe Cookies B1G1 save at least $3.59 on 2
- $0.55 cpn on cheesecake middles (3/7 SS) or $0.55/2 any (3/7 RP)
= $1.39/2

Crystal Light B1G1 save at least $5.25 on 2
- $1/1 (SS 3/21)
= 3.25/2
Are these really $5.25 each now?? I will check our stores price, if they are that high I will wait because Spring and Summer are just around the corner and this will be just the beginning of these going on sale.

Raincheck deals:
If you got a raincheck for the dole when they were on sale last then these make for better deals now that they are on sale.

Dole Fruit Jars 2/$5 sale - raincheck B1G1 - $0.55/1 dbld. = $0.25/1 (were $0.40/1?? without sale)

There is a Kellogg's blip about: Buy 5 any Kellogg's cereal and get $5 off
This would have been a better deal if the cereals were on sale but if you need it then okay otherwise wait and you will get it cheaper.
example: Average price $3.49+ x 5 boxes = $17.45 - $5 instant savings = $12.45 - (2) $1.50/2 printables = $9.45 (average of $1.89/box )
You may have the $0.70/1 coupons which would make it a little better or the $2/1 printables that would be worth it.

Maybe when we see the list at Southernsavers it will look better but I doubt it. If you see a good deal in store, please share!!

B1G1 Sales Matched With B1G1 Coupons

Hope this explaination helps someone in learning how to use coupons.

Sale - B1G1 item
Coupon - B1G1

Most stores will offer a sale like above and you get blessed and have a coupon like above.

Grocery stores will do the sale as such:

get 2 items with a $2.99 shelf price each
both items will ring up at the register for $1.50 each lets say
then you hand them a B1G1 coupon
they will deduct $1.50 for your coupon
total due is $1.50/2
or hand them (2) $ off coupons, lets say $1/1, and you would pay $0.99/2

Drug stores (RiteAid, CVS, and if your lucky Walgreens)

2 items are $2.99 each shelf price
one item will ring up $2.99
one item will ring up $0
hand them either a B1G1 coupon and they will deduct another $2.99 = $0/2
or hand them $ off coupon lets say $1/1 , you would hand them (2) $1/1 cpns and you would pay $0.99/2

Clear as mud, right :)

Coupon class planned

I'm planning  to do another coupon class at Choestoe Baptist Church , but I'm looking for some ideas of when it's better to start. It will be broken down into 5 classes - 1 held every other week.

Right now I'm looking at either starting next Tues. March 30 at 6:30 pm or waiting until after spring break and having it on Tues. April 13. Let me know what you think!!

It's been a week already??

I can't believe it's been a week since my last post!! I didn't even include last weeks sales. If fact I only went to Bi-Lo's once last week and mainly used rainchecks and a few odds and ends. I never made it to RiteAid for the visine or J&J. Even going to Atlanta last week didn't help. I ran through Publix, Kroger, Target, and Walgreens and just got a few things each. (Walgreens was mentioned). I sure hope Bi-Lo is better this week than last. I am in a slump and don't even want to bother going. I think that's what you call coupon boredom but it's not really with the coupons, it's with the stores - or maybe with shopping in generally (okay never mind that, I don't think I would ever be bored shopping!)

Here are some of the deals I hope to do this week:
RiteAid:
(1)Huggies diapers
(2) Huggies wipes
(1) Huggies pull ups
- $5/$20
- $3 Huggies cpn (coupons.com)
- (2) $0.50 wipes cpn
- $3 pullups (hopefully diaper cpn works)
- (1) Video values cpn
= about $4.98
- rebate 52, 53, 54
= $1.98 +
(our family doesn't need diapers but friends do!!)
Thanks refundcents

Forgot to mention:
Covergirl mascara B1G1 - B1G1 cpn = 2 FREE
make sure to use these with a $3/$15 or $5/$25 for other free merchandise.
Target (wish I could go HTHS!)
Starting Tuesday 3/23
Toy Story 1 BlueRay/dvd combo $22.99
Toy Story 2 blueray/dvd combo   $22.99
Total $45.98
- $10 instant savings for buying both
- $10 off  Toy Story 1 (Disney Movie Rewards - enter code off old dvd or vhs - need code just ask me)
- $10 off Toy Story 2 (ditto above)
= $15.98 (for 2 sets of movies, 2 free movie tickets to TS3(1 in each package), 2 free dvd games (1 in each package)
If you have gift cards use them to make oop even less.

CVS
Bayer Contour meter $14.99 - up to $14.99 cpn = FREE + $5 ECB = $5 profit

Kroger
Kraft shredded cheese
Buy 8 get $4 off makes them $0.99 each
- $2/2 cpn (blinkie machine found at many grocery stores)
= FREE
This is continued from last week (mom and I got 16 bags for free!!)

Great week at RiteAid

Gotta Love B1G1 Sales matched with B1G1 coupons!

Last week at RiteAid was a great week. Anytime you have a B1G1 coupon and they have it on sale B1G1 it means FREE merchandise for you. RiteAid has really jumped onto the coupon bandwagon the last 6 months or so and I'm loving it.

Covergirl makeup was B1G1 - B1G1 cpns. P&G has not been putting $ limits on their cpns for about 3 months which is crazy in my opinion but I'll accept it :)

At RiteAid B1G1F sales run like this : 1 will show up as $retail price and 1 will show up as $0, and you still allowed to use (2) manufacturer cpns. If you add up the total ones at $retail and get over $15 or $25 you can use a $3/$15 cpn or a $5/$25 riteaid cpns. too. --which means more free merchandise. That is how I scored free milk , always, etc.

No, I did not buy all this in one day, nor one transaction. My mom and I checked out a total of 9 times over several spread out days. I wanted to give others a chance at that makeup and knew they would restock. My surprise - the shelves were never bare. Did couponers not know this sale was going on?? Did they not know they could get free milk?? Okay, Okay, yes I have a LOT of coupons, and no I will not ever use that much makeup. But my sister, sister n laws, nieces, etc. will be getting makeup as gifts this year (you didn't just read that!) All right enough rattling, here are my totals (and if you want to learn how to put this together next time - always ask!!)

(Purchases are my mom's & mine together)

(17) John Frieda Products (some of these sat on the clearance table for 2 days before I finally gave in & bought them for the rebates)

(2) O.B. (clearance table - cpn = $0.24 ea)

(2) Neutra-Air (clearance $1.64 - $1.50 cpns = $0.14 ea)

(4) Gallons milk (free with those $3/$15 & $5/25 cpns!!)

(2) Always (counted toward another rebate I haven't bought enough of  but hopefully will) (used $3/15 to help with these)

(8) Trident layers gum (B1G1 $1.49 - $0.75/1 = FREE (not pictured)

(30) Covergirl makeup (all free)

(1) Cocoa Krispies (free after $3/$15 or $5/$25) (not pictured)

(1) BC powders 50ct (free after $3/$15 or $5/$25) (not pictured)

Totals : $450 retail

OOP: $31.67

Rebates: $27

Total spent: $4.67

Percent saved: 99%